A passenger in a van has died in a head-on collision in the Brynderwyn hills in Northland.
The dead man was in a southbound van that collided with a northbound vehicle on State Highway 1 this morning, police northern communications Inspector Lou Alofa said.
Other occupants of both the van and the vehicle suffered moderate injuries and were being taken to Whangarei Hospital.
Police had closed the road between Waipu in the north and Maungaturoto in the south.
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